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Frame Relay: 18.1 Review Questions

Frame Relay is a variable-length packet switched network that operates at the physical and data link layers. It allows for bursty data transfer using variable frame sizes up to 9000 bytes at higher speeds than traditional lines. Flow and error control are handled at upper layers rather than in Frame Relay itself. Frame Relay provides a less expensive way to connect multiple LANs together over a single wide-area network using Data Link Connection Identifiers rather than separate physical lines between each location. However, variable delays make it unsuitable for real-time applications.

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Frame Relay: 18.1 Review Questions

Frame Relay is a variable-length packet switched network that operates at the physical and data link layers. It allows for bursty data transfer using variable frame sizes up to 9000 bytes at higher speeds than traditional lines. Flow and error control are handled at upper layers rather than in Frame Relay itself. Frame Relay provides a less expensive way to connect multiple LANs together over a single wide-area network using Data Link Connection Identifiers rather than separate physical lines between each location. However, variable delays make it unsuitable for real-time applications.

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CHAPTER 18

Frame Relay

18.1 REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Flow control is handled through the backward explicit congestion notification


(BECN) bit and the forward explicit congestion notification (FECN) bit.
3. Higher speed; operates only in physical and data link layer, which makes it easier
to use protocols that already have a network layer protocol; allows bursty data;
variable frame size up to 9000 bytes; less expensive.
5. See Table 18.1. The control field is missing in the Frame Relay because flow and
error control are left to upper layers.

Table 18.1
Fields HDLC Frame Relay
Flag X X
Address X X
Control X
Information X X
FCS X X

7. I-frame
9. Frame Relay does not use flow and error control, which means it does not use the
sliding window protocol. Therefore, there is no need for sequence numbers.
11. T-lines provide point-to-point connections, not many-to-many. In order to connect
several LANs together using T-lines, we need a mesh with many lines. Using
Frame Relay we need only one line for each LAN to get connected to the Frame
Relay network.
13. Frame Relay is a variable-length packet switched network. This type of network
can create variable-size delays which is unsuitable for real-time communication.

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64 CHAPTER 18 FRAME RELAY

15. Frame Relay does not define a specific protocol for the physical layer. Any proto-
col recognized by ANSI is acceptable.
17. The BECN bit warns the sender of congestion in the network through switches that
either use response frames from the receiver or that use a predefined connection to
send special frames for this specific purpose.
19. Frame Relay uses the leaky bucket method. The average data rate should be fixed,
but the user can send bursty data.
21. The EA bit indicates the status of the current byte. An EA set to 1 means the cur-
rent byte is the last one of the address, while an EA set to 0 means another address
byte is to follow.

18.2 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS


23. c 25. b 27. b 29. c 31. a 33. c 35. b 37. b 39. c 41. d
43. c 45. c 47. b

18.3 EXERCISES
49. BECN bit set. Congestion in the backward direction, but no congestion in the for-
ward direction
51. Not valid, there is only 15 bits instead of 16 bits
53. 2C 21
55. BECN bit set. FECN bit not set.
57. 20 gallons
59.
a. Access rate: 1.544 Mbps
b. No
c. Yes
d. Yes. But frames may be discarded if there is congestion.
e. Some of the frames would be discarded.
f. 1 Mbps
g. 1.2 Mbps
61. See Figure 18.1.
SECTION 18.3 EXERCISES 65

Figure 18.1 Exercise 61

DLCI: 45 DLCI: 56 DLCI: 78


1 2
2 3 3
A 1 2 2 1 2 B
3 1
1 3

DLCI: 80 DLCI: 66 DLCI: 72


66 CHAPTER 18 FRAME RELAY

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